(19)
(11) EP 1 437 544 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.08.2006 Bulletin 2006/31

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.07.2004 Bulletin 2004/29

(21) Application number: 04000147.1

(22) Date of filing: 07.01.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F21S 8/10(2006.01)
B60Q 1/20(2006.01)
 F21V 9/14(2006.01)
B60Q 1/26(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 07.01.2003 JP 2003000908

(71) Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., Ltd.
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Shikano, Toshiya
    Wako-shi Saitama (JP)

(74) Representative: Prechtel, Jörg et al
Weickmann & Weickmann Patentanwälte Postfach 86 08 20
81635 München
81635 München (DE)

   


(54) Indicator for a vehicle with polarized light


(57) An indicator equipped with a polarized light splitter, which passes and reflects an un-polarized light irradiated from a light source and divides the polarized light into a p-polarized light whose oscillation direction of an electric field is parallel to an incidence plane and an s-polarized light whose oscillation direction of an electric field is perpendicular to the incidence plane. In this indicator, at least one of the p-polarized light and s-polarized light is emitted from the polarized light splitter as a horizontal polarized light whose oscillation direction of an electric field is substantially parallel to a ground.
The indicator makes the vehicle more visible from a surrounding area even in an adverse condition, such as thick fog or heavy rain.







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